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about 16 orifices, anterior laterals of 19 to 20, posterior laterals 

 of 25. Dorsal glands not numerous. Male scale white, bluntly 

 tricarinate, exuvia pale yellowish. (From the original descrip- 

 tion.) 



Luzon, Tayabas, Lucban (Townsend), on Gossypium. 



Hemichionaspis aspidistrse (Signoret). 



Hemichionaspis aspidistrse (Signoret) Fernald, Cat. Coccidae of the 

 "World (1903), 239; Cockerell and Robinson, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. (1914), 33, 328, fig. 3; (1915), 34, 107. 



Female scale elongated, broadened posteriorly, 1.8 to 2.6 milli- 

 meters long, 0.75 millimeter wide, yellowish brown to brown, 

 exuviae slightly brighter than the scale, whole scale often very 

 thin. Female with abdominal segments prominent ; caudal mar- 

 gin with first pair of lobes contiguous, with three distinct notches 

 on the outer edge; second pair of lobes long and narrow, spatu- 

 late; a spinelike plate and glandular process laterad of median 

 lobes (Plate VI, fig. 10). Circumgenital glands with median 

 group of 5 to 15 orifices, anterior laterals of 15 to 22, posterior 

 laterals of 17 to 23. Very few dorsal pores. 



Male scale white, sides parallel, carinate, exuvia yellow, 1 to 

 1.3 millimeters long (Plate V, fig. 9). (From Cooley.) 



Luzon, Laguna, Los Baiios (Baker), on Erythropalum scan- 

 dens; Benguet, Baguio (Baker), on Piper. 



Genus PINNASPIS Cockerell 



Type, Aspidiodus buxi Bouche. 



Shape of female scale varies, being broadened posteriorly or 

 across the middle or curved; second exuviae very large; caudal 

 margin with two pairs of lobes, circumgenital glands present. 

 Male scale similar to female. 



Synoptic table of the species. 



a\ Median lobes prominent, rounded apically with deep notches on outer 

 sides, double second lobes shaped like the blade of an ax (Plate VI, 

 fig. 13) _ siphonodontis. 



a'. Median lobes with two deep notches on outer sides, second lobes similarly 

 notched (Plate VI, fig. 14).... buxi. 



Pinnaspis siphonodontis Cockerell and Robinson. 



Pinnaspis siphonodontis Cockerell and Robinson, Bull. Am. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist. (1915), 34, 110. 



Female mytiliform, rather narrow, about 1.5 millimeters long, 

 pale red-brown, somewhat translucent, shrunken female appear- 

 ing as a dark spot. Female elongated; abdominal segments 

 distinct, produced laterally into tubercles, caudal area with 



